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Vitamin d3 and glycaemic control

tim2000s

tim2000s

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Prior to Xmas, I had bloods done and they showed a low level of vitamin d3. Following a comment made by someone on here relating to d3 and diabetes I thought I would do some digging.

Anyway, I found this paper from a study that linked increased d3 with better glycaemic control:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994161/#!po=0.862069

As a result, I am now taking d3 supplements and am interested to see whether they help. One thing I noted in the paper was that the Hba1c levels reported seemed high, even for those reporting an improvement. As a sample of one starting from a lower Hba1c than those in the trial, it will be interesting to see whether this makes any difference.

Had anyone else looked at d3 in this way?
 
I take vitamin d supplements, cannot say that they have made any difference to diabetes but I have been on them since before becoming diabetic. The best way to get Vit d is to go out into sun for 20 minutes without any lotions. Some people will find that warm weather will alter bs reading
 
Given I was told to take a supplement, one would hope that the GP knew what they were talking about (ahem).
 
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